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Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Can you summarise what the article is about?

### Input:
Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity today. Since the industrial revolution, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is leading to the warming of our planet’s surface and the altering of weather patterns and ecosystems around the world.

### Response:
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Climate change is an urgent global issue caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases since the industrial revolution, leading to increasing temperatures and disruption of global weather and ecosystems.